AusHeritage, in association with Bruce Pettman and Mary Knaggs from the NSW Government Architect’s Office, is currently undertaking a consultancy project to restore and enhance the buildings and facilities at the Kapitan Keling Mosque in George Town, Penang Island, Malaysia.

AusHeritage Chairman Vinod Daniel met with Suman Dubey (Secretary, Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust) and Minister for Heritage and Arts Mr. Peter Garrett in Sydney as part of a briefing update on AusHeritage India initiatives. Mr. Dubey was in Australia as part of an Australia India Council (DFAT) initiative.

Vinod Daniel, Chairman of AusHeritage, met with Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, 13 April 2010

Vinod Daniel, AusHeritage Chairman, was interviewed by Janai Rajeswari on Museums and Careers for the Indian Express on 29 March 2010.

AusHeritage submits proposal on the development of an Australian National Cultural Policy to the Minister for the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett, AM MP

AusHeritage has been invited by the Penang Heritage Trust to work on conservations strategies for World Heritage listed Penang Island. The PHT have asked that several AusHeritage members with relevant conservation and heritage management skills and experience come to Penang, to contribute to a series of heritage related presentations and to discuss with the local WHO unit the appropriate means and skills to manage their site.

The Australia India Heritage Week was held in Jakarta from 11-14 January, 2010. Partners during the week included The Victoria Memorial Museum, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Loreto College and AusHeritage.

h4. Challenging present and future leaders to solve issues
of global concern

The Salzburg Global Seminar is a unique international institution focused on global change — a place dedicated to candid dialogue, fresh thinking, and the search for innovative but practical solutions.

Sixty cultural heritage leaders from thirty-two countries, including representatives from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Australia, Europe, and North America gathered in October 2009 in Salzburg, Austria, to develop a series of practical recommendations to ensure optimal collections conservation worldwide.

Subhro Niyogi | TNN

Kolkata: Conservation experts from Australia believe its high time the civic authorities in Kolkata take up preservation of built heritage with all seriousness before it is lost to the onslaught of development.

The Victoria Memorial Museum, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Loreto College and AusHeritage (Australia’s International Network for Cultural Heritage) will be partners for the four day Australia India Heritage Week, Kolkata, January 11-14, 2010.